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Do dinosaurs still exist ?

By T.K. Randall
June 7, 2009 · Comment icon 34 comments

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From Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Lost World" to "Jurassic Park" the concept of dinosaurs being alive today has been a subject for films and books for centuries, but how likely is it that any could have survived for so long ?
The idea of still-living dinosaurs has captured the public imagination for well over a century. Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, published a 1912 novel called "The Lost World," set in the remote Venezuelan jungle where dinosaurs still survive in modern times. Films such as "Jurassic Park" and "Land of the Lost," which opens Friday, were inspired by Conan Doyle's vision — in fact the sequel to "Jurassic Park" was titled "The Lost World." "


Source: Live Science | Comments (34)




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Comment icon #25 Posted by Ashley-Star*Child 16 years ago
What was that I heard about the Japanese cloning a T-rex?
Comment icon #26 Posted by Mattshark 16 years ago
Perhaps I should've used a different form of punctuation, but that's besides the point. Putting your mockery aside, let me enlighten you. I said, "Dinosaur type sea creatures". I probably should've written it like this: 'Dinosaur' type sea creatures. What I meant by that sentence is the following: There could be dinosaur type sea creatures living in the ocean. Dinosaur is a broad term, and was meant to describe sea creatures. The word dinosaur doesn't necessarily have to refer to only land based creatures. I suppose it was too much for me to ask that one would understand what I meant by the wo... [More]
Comment icon #27 Posted by Cookes453 16 years ago
Actually dinosaur is a rather specific definition referring to a specific group of animals. Marine reptiles are not dinosaurs and they still are air breathers (you know like the only extant members the sea turtles). Deep sea is a completely unsuitable habitat for them (you having to breathe air an all), some basic marine ecology and some dinosaur physiology make the deep sea claim complete ridiculous. It is no more realistic than claiming that if cats disappeared that they became deep sea dwellers. A dictionary is not the place to get zoological definitions. There are NO known marine dinosaurs... [More]
Comment icon #28 Posted by WalkingDude20 16 years ago
Actually dinosaur is a rather specific definition referring to a specific group of animals. Marine reptiles are not dinosaurs and they still are air breathers (you know like the only extant members the sea turtles). Deep sea is a completely unsuitable habitat for them (you having to breathe air an all), some basic marine ecology and some dinosaur physiology make the deep sea claim complete ridiculous. It is no more realistic than claiming that if cats disappeared that they became deep sea dwellers. A dictionary is not the place to get zoological definitions. There are NO known marine dinosaurs... [More]
Comment icon #29 Posted by Mattshark 16 years ago
This is my last post on the subject. Specific definition or not, it can still apply to all forms of creatures, land, sea, and air. What you're trying to prove is completely irrelevant. A dictionary is a perfect place to get a zoological definition, because it's in the dictionary, and that's what a dictionary is for. Do I honestly have to visit a public library, and take out 50 credible sources and prove to you what I say? I'd rather not waste my time, but since you are apparently eager on believing what you say, then perhaps I will. "The term "dinosaur" was coined in 1842 by Sir Richard Owen a... [More]
Comment icon #30 Posted by Pan 16 years ago
If human life went from a single cell formed by chance to monkeys to what we are now in the past 65 million years (or so says Darwin) if dinosaurs were still around I would assume they too would have gone through dramatic changes. So I wouldn’t take anything from dinosaur characteristics and expect to see them in the so-called monsters we see today. “No, he doesn’t come up for air therefore he can’t be a blah-blah-blah…” It’s been a long time and no one knows what kind of change they could have gone through to survive. Do I personally believe they could still be around? No, but I... [More]
Comment icon #31 Posted by behaviour??? 16 years ago
It can be proved that they do not exist because plaeontologists failed to do so what was bfore 65million yeras ago Thanks B???
Comment icon #32 Posted by KIng313 13 years ago
of course sharks and crocodile and am sure undiscovered animals in deepsea
Comment icon #33 Posted by aquatus1 13 years ago
Perhaps commenting in a more current topic would yield better results. Welcome to the forum, King. Keep an eye on the dates of the threads you respond to. Necroposting is not inherently wrong, but it is bad nettiquete.
Comment icon #34 Posted by Knight Of Shadows 13 years ago
come on it's not he's that late .. just 3 years


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